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India · Politics / Congress Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1930–1946Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1930

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi1930

Politics / Congress Party

The Simon Commission is published, Ghandi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement

Motilal Nehru1930

Politics / Congress Party

Advocates a plan of civil disobedience

1934

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi7 April 1934

Politics / Congress Party

Suspends the campaign of civil disobedience

1946

Muhammad Ali Jinnah16 August 1946

Calcutta · Politics / Congress Party

Calls for the Direct Action Day, in Calcutta there are 20,000 casualties

Names involved

Mohandas Karamchand GandhiMotilal NehruMuhammad Ali Jinnah

Provenance

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